Talk:Hubei

Hebei-Hubei Confusion
I don't know at what point a frequent confusion becomes grounds for a mention in the {{also| template at the top of the page (I did this- see {{diff|75621643}}.) or in a usage notes section, but I'd like to use ths thread to document instances of confusion of Hebei and Hubei. (See also Citations:Yunnan for the frequent typo 'Yunan' appearing in all high-level English language media or Shanxi-Shaanxi confusion.) In my experience, it is super super common for foreigners to confuse these two English language terms. Here's an example from The New York Times: (I will add any further examples at Citations:Hebei.)
 * {{quote-journal
 * en
 * date=August 21, 2017
 * origdate=August 18, 2017
 * author=Kiki Zhao
 * title=A Chinese Poet’s Unusual Path From Isolated Farm Life to Celebrity
 * journal=w:The New York Times
 * archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907104511/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/world/asia/china-poet-yu-xiuhua.html
 * issn=0362-4331
 * oclc=1645522
 * section=Asia Pacific
 * url2=https://archive.is/15CKH
 * text=Correction: August 21, 2017 An earlier version of this article misstated the location of Wuhan. It is in Hubei Province, not Hebei.}}
 * {{quote-web
 * en
 * date=17 December 2013
 * title=Evidence of 'missing link' in domestication of cats found in China
 * archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221062156/https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1384328/evidence-missing-link-domestication-cats-found-china
 * work=w:South China Morning Post
 * issn=1563-9371
 * oclc=648902513
 * section=World
 * url2=https://archive.is/kVOsJ
 * text=A cat show in Wuhan, Hebei{{sic|Hubei}} province. A key stage in the domestication of cats has now been traced back to China.}}
 * {{quote-journal
 * en
 * date=May 1, 2009
 * author=Daohen Huang
 * title=Generation of jockeys waits to race
 * journal=w:Beijing Today
 * url=https://archive.org/details/BeijingTodayCN20090501/
 * issue=413
 * issn=2095-9591
 * oclc=958634538
 * section=Feature
 * page=4
 * pageurl=https://archive.org/details/BeijingTodayCN20090501/page/n3/
 * text=But the first officially sanctioned bets in more than half a century may soon be placed in Wuhan, Hebei{{sic|Hubei}} Province, which held a trial run on its new racetrack last November.}} --Geographyinitiative (talk) 08:34, 12 April 2023 (UTC) (Modified)